Trev Downey hosts the final Premier League RAW of the season and is joined by Hari Sethi to reflect on a successful campaign which saw The Reds clinch a top 4 finish and Champions League football with an emphatic 4-0 Anfield win over Brighton. The lads discuss the big picture issues and also burrow into the details of the comfortable victory and the performances of the players. Dave Hendrick, traumatised by Dejan Lovren’s goal, sat this one out, but the two lads are in good form as they look at the progress the club is making under Jürgen Klopp.
On this episode of Old Skool, Gags Tandon & Dave Hendrick discuss the long wait that supporters had for the CL Final ticket ballot, the hotel prices in Kiev and the crazy flight costs to get out there.
Dave then moves onto discussing the rumours of Liverpool chasing Amadou Diawara, Wilfred Ndidi & Yerry Mina. Dave discusses the quality of these players and what they'd add to the Liverpool squad meanwhile Gags' mood on the podcast goes from agony to ecstasy!
All this and more as AI Pro goes Old Skool!
Daniel Rhodes hosts Simon Brundish for this edition of Fatigue Index, topics include: how beneficial was the extra days' rest this week? Looking at how intense the most recent six weeks have been in the context of the season; the difference between fan perceptions and sports scientists when it comes to tiredness and fatigue; injury updates; nailed on team selection; and the effect of the Champions League on domestic form.
Get all of this and more on the latest Fatigue Index Podcast.
A very focused Jurgen Klopp faced the media ahead of Liverpool's final Premier League match of 2017/18. Eddie Gibbs and Gags Tandon return once more to dissect the press conference and, with Champions League qualification on the line; look forward to the decisive final match at Anfield.
- CL Qualification Frustrations
- Manager of the Year
- Mo Salah Awards
- Injury Update: Can, Lallana, Gomez
- Brighton Key Stats & Predictions
- AI:PRO Summer Plans
This week on AI:PRO Get all of this and more on the latest Pro + Preview podcast
With two massive games coming up Allen O’Donoghue & Andrew Vincent dive into how Klopp and his players can psychologically prepare themselves for two very different tasks ahead. Discussing “Choking v Clutch” and the importance of being the underdog, this podcast dissects the mental side of LFC.
Get all of this and more on the Mind-Field podcast.
Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes are back together once again to discuss Liverpool's deflating loss to Chelsea.
They discuss:
- There's analysis of the game up to the goal and then after the goal
- Why Liverpool's attack was blunt / a look at the midfield's impact
- Chelsea's set up and how they stifled the Reds' press.
- The usual on-ball highlights, xG analysis and pressing analysis
On this episode of Old Skool, Gags Tandon welcomes back Dave Hendrick as the pair discuss the rumours of Liverpool signing Nabile Fekir. Gags asks Dave about Nabil's qualities and who he reminds him of, the AI old timers also discussed:
- Which positions does Fekir play in?
- What are Fekir's strengths?
- Who Fekir reminds them of that Liverpool fans may have watched before.
- Lots of Naby Keita chat and how Liverpool lacked that type of player in the last few games, especially Chelsea.
- What Liverpool's midfield could be next season and what would happen with the current team.
- Reaction to Joe Gomez's injury
All this and more as AI Pro goes Old Skool!
After missing out on the chance to secure participation in the Champions League through Premier League placement when they lost to Chelsea by a solitary goal, Liverpool now have a final opportunity to do it with an Anfield win against Brighton OR a Champions League final victory over Real Madrid. Trev Downey gets Jan Molby talking on a variety of subjects in a very engaging show. The lads discuss the tactical restrictions caused by a lack of squad depth, the many reasons to be optimistic, the necessity of hitting the ‘rest’ button and the types of players that could be recruited to avoid being so stretched in future. Jan also gives his own, really insightful, take on Steven Gerrard’s move to Rangers.
After a game in which Liverpool needed only a point to virtually secure Champions League participation next season, Jürgen Klopp’s men could not manage to secure it and suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat. On the day, many of the old reliables were well below par and there was an irritatingly familiar defensive lapse for the game’s only goal, BUT a win next week against Brighton and in three weeks against Real Madrid, and this will have been the finest season in decades. Trev Downey, Hari Sethi and Dave Hendrick look at both sides of the coined analyse today’s match.
Gags Tandon welcomes back the A-Team as Simon Brundish, Dan Kennett and Daniel Rhodes are back together once again to discuss Liverpool's aggregate win over Roma as they qualified to meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final in Kiev.
They discuss:
- Liverpool's performance in 1st leg ties
- Roma's line-up and tactics
- On-ball stats analysis - xG etc
- Liverpool conceding late goals
- Off-ball and pressing analysis
- Was Karius' parry a mistake?
- Was Mohamed Salah lazy in the 2nd leg v Roma?
